Guard for street-car windows.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905 H. WITTE.

GUARD FOR STREET GAR WINDOWS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT WITTE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS OAR COMPANY,OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

GUARD FOR STREET-CAR WINDOWS- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 792,951, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed October 21, 1904:- Serial No. 229,505.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, HUBERT Wrr'rn, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Street-OarWindows, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a guard applied to the exterior of a street-carand extending across the car-window to prevent the protrusion of thearms or heads of persons occupying the car through the window-openingswhen the windows are open.

Figure I is an elevation of a car-window with my guard shown appliedthereto. Fig. II is a vertical section of the guard. Fig. III is anenlarged vertical section taken through a portion of one of thewindow-posts and the upper end of'one of the uprights of my guard.

A designates a window-sash, and B windowposts in which the sash fits.

l designates the longitudinal rods of my guard, which are mounted inuprights 2, the uprights preferably corresponding in number to thenumber of window-posts at the side of the car. The uprights are hingedto brackets 3, secured to the window-posts above sillledge. The upperends of the uprights contain elongated openings 4:.

5 designates plates set into the windowposts in a position correspondingto that occupied by the upper ends of the uprights 2 when they areelevated and in alinement with the window-posts.

6 designates turn-buttons swiveled at 7 (see Fig. III) in the plates 5and which are formed with an arm 8, that extends at an angle to the axisof the swivel of the button. The inner edge of the arm of each button isflat-faced.

In the practical use of my guard it is held in vertical position withthe uprights 2 resting against the window-posts, and while in suchposition the arms of the buttons 6 are turned downwardly into theposition seen in full lines in the drawings to clamp the guarduprightsand hold them. When it is desired to lower the guard, the buttons arerotated into the position seen in dotted lines, Fig. III, therebylocating the arms of the buttons in alinement with the elongatedopenings 4 in the uprights, and the uprights may then be moved outwardlyfrom the window-posts and separated from the buttons. When the guard isagain elevated, the buttons are again rotated to their normal pendentposition to again sustain the guard, as before.

I claim as my invention" The combination with the window-posts, ofbrackets secured to the outer faces of the window-posts, a window-guardcomprising a series of uprights having their lower ends hinged to saidbrackets, longitudinal rods mounted in said uprights and extending overa series of windows, and means for securing the upper ends of theuprights to the outer faces of the window-posts, said means beingreleasable to permit of the uprights and the rods being swung outwardlyfrom the windowposts, substantially as set forth.

HUBERT WITTE.

In presence of H. F. VoenL, E. I. ROBINSON.

